KEONJHAR: A tribal man unearthed his dead sister’s skeleton and staged protest in front of a rural bank with the skeleton to get back her deposited money. The incident took place in Mallipasi village, under the Patna police station on Monday afternoon at about 1 pm. The bank officials became frightened after seeing the skeleton and informed the police.After getting information, the police team went to the spot. Later after discussion with the police, the man took back the skeleton and buried it in the right place. The tribal man is identified as Jitu Munda from Mallipasi village, Patna block. “When the bank official could not give his sister’s deposit money he has brought the skeleton to show them as proof that she has dead” said Jitu Munda. According to the police, Jitu’s sister died two months ago. She has an account in a rural bank in Mallipasi with a deposit of about rupees 19,300. After Jitu’s death, he went to the bank to withdraw the amount. But the bank official refused to pay because the account is in his sister’s name. The bank official told him to collect the proof of death and other documents to withdraw the amount. Jitu could not understand because he was illiterate. Instead of arranging a death certificate as proof, he dug the burial place, collected the bones in a sack and presented them to the bank official as proof, police said. Bank staff became frightened and confined them inside the bank for some time. After the news broke, villagers from all around reached the bank to witness the man. Kiran Prasad Sahu, IIC Patna police station, said, “Police convinced him about the matter and told him to collect the death certificate. Later he returned with the bag containing his sister’s remains. He is innocent and could not understand about the death certificate to be deposited in the bank to get back his sister’s deposited money from the bank”.
